Star King Solomon Academy

Free schools·Primary school Birmingham·B7 4AA
Composite score
35.8
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#12,189
National rank
#1303
In West Midlands
#242
In Birmingham
Top 82%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
9
any preference, for 6 places
Applications from another council area
22%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
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1 per place
n/a20220.7520230.8620240.7520250.832026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Star King Solomon Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
2 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.09
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
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1 per place
n/a20220.3720230.0620240.2020250.092026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Star King Solomon Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Star King Solomon Academy is an all-through school covering ages 4–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#3,037
National rank
#364
In West Midlands
#82
In Birmingham
Top 95%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
34.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
26%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
45%
% EBacc grade 5+
1%
EBacc average points score
2.92

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Age range
4–16
Pupils on roll
401
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Christian

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
62.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
48.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
39.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,119
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
81%
78 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

Star King Solomon Academy is an all-through school serving Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Christian religious character. It has 401 pupils aged 4 to 16 on roll. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 13.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 34.1, well below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Star King Solomon Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). At Key Stage 4, 26% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Star King Solomon Academy their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 10.4%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 62% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Star King Solomon Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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